Moscow stated on Tuesday that felony circumstances have been opened towards two extra international journalists for getting into Russian territory illegally, bringing the entire variety of media professionals charged with border violations to seven since Ukrainian troopers’ incursion into the Kursk area in early August.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has filed felony expenses towards Nicholas Simon Connolly, a Deutsche Welle reporter, and Natalia Nagornaya, a correspondent for the Ukrainian tv channel 1+1.
“Since Aug. 17, criminal cases have been initiated against a total of seven foreign journalists for illegally crossing the border,” the FSB stated in a press release.
The circumstances have been filed amid ongoing clashes between Russian and Ukrainian troops within the Kursk area, the place Kyiv launched an incursion that Moscow claims was “orchestrated and supported by the West.”
Last Tuesday, Moscow summoned American Charge d’Affaires Stephanie Holmes to formally protest the involvement of U.S. non-public navy firm (PMC) troopers alongside Ukrainian troops within the Kursk area, in addition to the presence of journalists from U.S. media retailers overlaying the occasions.
Ukraine claims its forces have captured roughly 100 settlements, together with the city of Sudzha, because the incursion started on the evening of August 5 and 6.
Russian authorities reported that the battle has resulted in 17 deaths, 140 accidents, and the evacuation of over 121,000 individuals from the area.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that the offensive is meant to determine a buffer zone, claiming that Western international locations have prohibited Kyiv from placing deep into Russian territory, prompting him to assault the Kursk area.
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the incursion as a “terrorist attack.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr